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'''Jacques Bretel''' or '''Jacques Bretex''' (dates of birth and death unknown) was a [[French (langauge)|French langauge]] ''[[trouvère]]'' best known for having written ''[[le Tournoi de Chauvency]]''.
[[File:Jacques Bretel (Douce 308, f. 107r).png|thumb|Jacques Bretel (in red) greeting the knight Conrad Warnier (on horseback), from the [[chansonnier]] Douce 308]]
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'''Jacques Bretel''' or '''Jacques Bretex''' (dates of birth and death unknown) was a [[French (language)|French language]] ''[[trouvère]]'', best known for having written ''[[Tournament of Chauvency|le Tournoi de Chauvency]]''.


His only known work, signed and dated, ''le Tournoi de Chauvency'', is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a tournament held during six days of feasting given by Louis V, Count of Chiny in October 1285 at [[Chauvency-le-Château]]. It is without doubt a masterpiece of French Middle Ages literature and, in any case, one of the best digests of courtly art of the period.
His only known work, signed and dated in 1285, ''le Tournoi de Chauvency'' is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a [[Tournament (medieval)|tournament]] held during six days of feasting given by [[Louis V, Count of Chiny]], in October 1285 at [[Chauvency-le-Château]]. It is without doubt a masterpiece of French Middle Ages literature and, in any case, one of the best digests of courtly art of the period.

His origin is unknown, but ''Tournoi de Chauvency'' is written in [[Old French]] combined with words in the western [[Lorrain language|Lorraine]] dialect.


''Le Tournoi de Chauvency'' is kept in a manuscript (reference: [[Francis Douce|Douce]] 308) at the [[Bodleian Library]] at the [[University of Oxford]].
''Le Tournoi de Chauvency'' is kept in a manuscript (reference: [[Francis Douce|Douce]] 308) at the [[Bodleian Library]] at the [[University of Oxford]].


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Jacques Bretel, ''Le Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285'' (manuscripts: Mons MS 330-215 and Oxford MS Douce 308).
* Jacques Bretel, ''Le Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285'' (manuscripts: Mons MS 330-215 and Oxford MS Douce 308)
* Maurice Delbouille, ''Le Tournoi de Chauvency''.
* Maurice Delbouille, ''Le Tournoi de Chauvency''
* Dominique Henriot-Walzer, ''Dictionnaire du Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285''
* Dominique Henriot-Walzer, ''Dictionnaire du Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://tournoi.de.chauvency.free.fr/ Tranlation into modern French of ''Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285'' by Jacques Bretel]
* [http://tournoi.de.chauvency.free.fr/ Translation into modern French of ''Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285'' by Jacques Bretel]


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Latest revision as of 04:53, 3 April 2024

Jacques Bretel (in red) greeting the knight Conrad Warnier (on horseback), from the chansonnier Douce 308

Jacques Bretel or Jacques Bretex (dates of birth and death unknown) was a French language trouvère, best known for having written le Tournoi de Chauvency.

His only known work, signed and dated in 1285, le Tournoi de Chauvency is a long poem of about 4,500 verses recounting the events of a tournament held during six days of feasting given by Louis V, Count of Chiny, in October 1285 at Chauvency-le-Château. It is without doubt a masterpiece of French Middle Ages literature and, in any case, one of the best digests of courtly art of the period.

His origin is unknown, but Tournoi de Chauvency is written in Old French combined with words in the western Lorraine dialect.

Le Tournoi de Chauvency is kept in a manuscript (reference: Douce 308) at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.

Sources

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  • Jacques Bretel, Le Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285 (manuscripts: Mons MS 330-215 and Oxford MS Douce 308)
  • Maurice Delbouille, Le Tournoi de Chauvency
  • Dominique Henriot-Walzer, Dictionnaire du Tournoi de Chauvency, 1285
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